This simple prophecy of Isaiah offers us a rich source of reflection. Through the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, Jesus broke the power of sin and death and opened for us all the possibility of eternal life.

“But big cities also conceal the faces of all those people who don’t appear to belong, or are second class citizens. In big cities, beneath the roar of traffic, beneath “the rapid pace of change”, so many faces pass by unnoticed because they have no “right” to be there, no right to be part of the city.